Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic concepts
- 3 Orbit theory – uniform fields
- 4 Adiabatic invariants
- 5 Orbit theory
- 6 Electromagnetic waves in a cold electron plasma
- 7 Electromagnetic waves in an electron-ion plasma
- 8 Two-stream instability
- 9 Electrostatic oscillations in a plasma of nonzero temperature
- 10 Collision theory
- 11 MHD equations
- 12 Magnetohydrodynamics
- 13 Force-free magnetic-field configurations
- 14 Waves in MHD systems
- 15 Magnetohydrodynamic stability
- 16 Variation principle for MHD systems
- 17 Resistive instabilities
- 18 Stochastic processes
- 19 Interaction of particles and waves
- Appendix A Units and constants
- Appendix B Group velocity
- Appendix C Amplifying and evanescent waves, convective and absolute instability
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
Appendix B - Group velocity
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic concepts
- 3 Orbit theory – uniform fields
- 4 Adiabatic invariants
- 5 Orbit theory
- 6 Electromagnetic waves in a cold electron plasma
- 7 Electromagnetic waves in an electron-ion plasma
- 8 Two-stream instability
- 9 Electrostatic oscillations in a plasma of nonzero temperature
- 10 Collision theory
- 11 MHD equations
- 12 Magnetohydrodynamics
- 13 Force-free magnetic-field configurations
- 14 Waves in MHD systems
- 15 Magnetohydrodynamic stability
- 16 Variation principle for MHD systems
- 17 Resistive instabilities
- 18 Stochastic processes
- 19 Interaction of particles and waves
- Appendix A Units and constants
- Appendix B Group velocity
- Appendix C Amplifying and evanescent waves, convective and absolute instability
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
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- Plasma PhysicsAn Introduction to the Theory of Astrophysical, Geophysical and Laboratory Plasmas, pp. 314 - 318Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994